shrike-thrush

["Russ Lamb" <>]

Greg,
       We also have a male GST which acts similairly, both for the past 2 
months, and also around this time last year (I'm assuming the same bird).
          But our bird drives us , and itself, crazy by constantly calling 
and then pecking at its reflection in the wing mirrors of the car in the 
carport. It flies-off when disturbed, but will also spend time perched on 
the verandah rails of the house.
             By its level of agitation I assume it suspects a mute intruder 
which it is unable to see-off, the perfect recipe for continued obsessive 
behaviour. Each time it checks, whoops, there he is again. I've thought of 
covering the wing mirrors but suspect he'll continue the behaviour with 
reflections in both car & house windows.
Russ Lamb, Maleny, SEQ